2) 5 Google Doodles

Google has come up some of the most creative Doodles for this edition Earth Day.

The browser throws up a new doodle of the total five, each time you log in. One can refresh Google to see the other illustrations.

The five animals profiled in the latest Doodle are a polar bear, fox, elephant, tortoise and octopus.

3) Green store by Apple

Following the footsteps of Google, tech gaints like Apple are working to forwarding the environmental concern.

The company has overhauled the app store ahead of Earth Day with a range of Apps for Earth, created in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

The new-look green store, with custom redesigns for apps like Kendall & Kylie, Enlight and Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, will reportedly raise money and support for conservation efforts.

4) Official signing of Paris Agreement

It is today, on Earth Day 2016, that 160 countries will officially sign the Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day 2016.

5) Earth Day goals

The Earth Day Network, organisers of the Earth day, are hoping to use the 2016 celebration to help in their efforts to plant 7.8 billion trees, divest from fossil fuels and make cities 100 per cent renewable.